A Mechanical Ventilation Mastery Workshop for Resource Limited Emergency Departments

A hands-on learning experience on the art and science of mechanical ventilation, unlike anything you’ve experienced before.

You can’t control what comes into your Emergency Department, but you can prepare for it!

The Definitive Workshop for Mechanical Ventilation Training for Resource-Limited Emergency Departments

This workshop is intended for Paramedics, Nurses, and Providers (PAs, NPs, and Physicians) with limited experience managing mechanical ventilators in a resource-limited environment.

Workshop Includes

  • Basic Ventilator Life Support (BVLS) included with workshop registration.

  • LIVE hands-on interactive training, including

    • Didactic presentations to teach core principles.

    • Hands-on application of skills

    • Practical scenarios designed to challenge the learner to think critically, problem-solve, and apply what they’ve learned.

    • Workshop is tailored to your specific equipment and protocols.

  • 8 hours of continuing education credit

  • Upon successful completion of the workshop, students receive a certification of completion good for 3 years.

Workshop Requirements

  • Completion of Basic Ventilator Life Support (BVLS)

  • Must hold a current Paramedic license or above.

  • RTs are also welcome and encouraged to attend.

* Students must attend the entire workshop to receive credit.

Workshop covers…

  • Effective Delivery of Non-Invasive Ventilation (HFNC / CPAP / BPAP)

  • Managing Endotracheal Tubes / Trachyostomies / Cricothyrotomies / Supraglottic Devices

  • Initiating Mechanical Ventilation

  • Breath Types, Vent Settings, Alarms, Triggers, and Limits, including

    • Pressure vs. Volume Control

    • Tidal Volume, Respiratory Rate, PEEP, FiO2, Flow, and Driving Pressure,

  • Basic and Advanced Modes including:

    • Pressure Support, Assist Control, ASV, SIMV, PRVC, IRV, APRV

  • Basic and Advanced Patient Monitoring and Troubleshooting, including

    • Blood Gases, SpO2, EtCO2

    • Loops and Pressure / Flow / Volume Waveforms

  • Troubleshooting

    • and Volumetric Capnography

  • Patient Management

    • Optimizing Oxygenation and Ventilation

    • Principles of Lung Protection

    • Trauma / Burns / Drowning / Cardiac Arrest

    • Severe Obstructive and Restrictive Physiology

    • Neuro Protection

  • Preparing the Patient for Transport

Registration Fee: $375 per student*

Includes all travel expenses

Minimum Class Size = 12

Maximum class size depends on the number of available ventilators

*Fees for classes held outside the continental US may be different